Monday’s storms tore off roofs, tore up trees and smashed windows with hail. It also flattened crops, leaving farmers with some tough choices.

Monday’s storms tore off roofs, tore up trees and smashed windows with hail. It also flattened crops, leaving farmers with some tough choices.

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Updated: 6:30 PM CDT Jul 1, 2014

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WEBVTT their house into an eyesore. Yesterday's storms tore off roofs, tore up trees and smashed windows with hail. It also flattened crops, leaving farmers with some tough choices to make. Ryan Smith is in Guthrie County. He joins us with the story. LIVE) Lenard Lemke farms 60 acres of feed corn here in southern Guthrie county. Monday's hail storm packed a powerful punch and knocked it all out. Golf ball sized hail mowed every stalk over - leaving nothing but stubs sticking out of the ground. "WE WAS JUST LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW THE OTHER DAY EVERYTHING WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND NICE... LOOK OUT AN HOUR LATER AND IT'S ALL GONE. JUST IN AN HOUR EVERYTHING'S GONE." Lenard Lemke has spent more than three decades farming this land. Monday's hail storm flattened crops across much of Guthrie and Adair counties. Today - we see rows of stalks mowed over by mother nature. "IT WAS UP HERE, HEAD HIGH ALMOST AND NOW IT'S JUST FOUR OR FIVE INCHES TALL. STUBS, IT'S NOTHING. A TOTAL LOSS." The damage extends beyond these chopped corn stalks. The living room windows were shattered. His pickup truck needs a new windshield. Wind and golf ball-sized hail battered a row of trees... And shaved off thousands of these pine needles - leaving a big mess in the back yard. "THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST DEVASTATING OF THEM ALL." Strong winds toppled Richard Dolan's machine shed. Its steel siding is strewn across the back yard. The shed and new equipment inside are totaled - valued at more than 200-thousand dollars. "IT'S AMAZING HOW TEN MINUTES AND EVERYTHING CAN BE GONE, EVERYTHING CAN BE GONE." LIVE) Lemke says he is now waiting for the federal crop insurance corporation to come survey the damage - and make an adjustment before he replants. He said that could take up to two weeks. Ryan Smith, thanks. Ryan Smith, thanks.

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Monday’s storms tore off roofs, tore up trees and smashed windows with hail. It also flattened crops, leaving farmers with some tough choices.